Biography
John Alger was born 5 November 1820 in Lebanon, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States to Samuel Alger (1786-1874) and Clarrissa Hancock (1790-1870) and died 4 February 1897 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Ann Pulsipher (1824-1909) 6 January 1842 in Hancock County, Illinois.
Brigham Young 1848 Pioneer Company
After leading his first historic 1847 Vanguard Company to blaze the trail to the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young (1801-1877) and many of the others returned back to Winter Quarters to collect their families and the rest of the church.
This family was numbered with the 1229 pioneers in 397 wagons make the 1,031 mile trek in 86 days (May 26 to Sept 24) and would be amongst the first of hundred plus wagon trains that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Nelson Alger (1843-1846) | |||
| Sarah Ann Alger (1845-1933) | |||
| Olivia Alger (1847-1930) | |||
| Adeliza Alger (1849-1925) | |||
| John Zera Alger (1852-1933) | |||
| Martha Ellen Alger (1853-1934) | |||
| Anna Eliza Alger (1856-1945) | |||
| Samuel Nelson Alger (1858-1911) | |||
| Alva Don Pulsipher Alger (1860-1898) | 21 January 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 20 December 1898 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | Etha Melinda Young (1870-1937) |
| Willard Edgar Alger (1862-1947) | 11 April 1862 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 24 July 1947 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | Mary Ida Pulsipher (1867-1943) |
| Mary Edna Alger (1865-1946) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Eli Ward Alger (1809-1890) | |||
| Samuel Alger (1811-1909) | |||
| Saphrony Alger (1813-1818) | |||
| Francis Ward Alger (1817-1889) | 30 September 1817 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | 29 November 1889 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States | Joseph Smith (1805-1844) Solomon Franklin Custer (1817-1885) |
| Amy Saphony Alger (1818-1897) | |||
| John Alger (1820-1897) | 5 November 1820 Lebanon, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States | 4 February 1897 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | Sarah Ann Pulsipher (1824-1909) |
| Alvah W Alger (1822-) | |||
| Samuel H Alger (1826-1908) | |||
| Thomas Hancock Alger (1828-1862) | 14 August 1828 Mayfield, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 6 February 1862 Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri, United States | Sarah Ann Edwards (1832-1903) |
| Clarissa Alger (1830-1907) | |||
Residences
See Also
- John Alger
- Alger Family
- Alger in Salt Lake County, Utah
- Alger in Washington County, Utah
- Alger in Ashtabula County, Ohio